Samikshani was founded in 1980 by Late Dr. Tarun Chandra Sinha as a centre for psychoanalytical studies and mental therapy.

Dr. Sinha was a psychoanalyst, student of Dr. Girindra Sekhar Bose, and President of the Indian Psychoanalytical Society for many years. Dr. Sinha wanted to integrate psychiatry and psychotherapeutic services, promote professional capacity development in the field of mental health and further psychoanalytical research.

Dr. Sinha was the founder President of Samikshani and Ms. Rotraut Roy Chowdhury, psychoanalyst and a ...